Hi Kerry, thanks very much for your efforts.
I'm sure the surname was Roney - my grandmother used to repeat her maidenname to me in full when I was very young (with a smile - because I always used to laugh at the "Gertude" bit), and other documenttion proves the surname was correct. I have also seen a reference to Rowney in Sussex in A2A.
In 1851 William Roney's wife Ann, by then widowed, was living at 40 Surrey Street, Brighton, Sussex, next door to her son Robert and his wife and children;
1851 at 40 Surrey Street, Brighton Sussex
Thomas Roche born by my calcs abt 1818 Ireland Head, 33, Boiler Maker
Ellen Roche abt 1818 Ireland Wife, 33
Mary Roche abt 1837 Ireland Daughter, 11, Day Scholar
Catherine Roche abt 1842 Beckenham, Cheshire* [methinks this is Buckingham, Chesham] , Daughter, 9, Day Scholar
William Roche abt 1844 Beckenham, Cheshire,* Son, age unclear possibly 9
Thomas Roche abt 1846 London, Son, 5
Ellen Roche abt 1850 Brighton, Sussex, Daughter, 8 months
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* Annie Roney abt 1781 Hastings, Sussex, Head, Wid, 70, Annuitant
Wm Bould abt 1839 Brighton, Sussex, Grandson (surname not clearly Bould - looked more like Bomlo or Romlo - could have been the case the writing was very unclear and original enumerator could not read Annie's writing), 12 yrs, Day Scholar - if William and Ann's daughter Sarah had married Edwin Bodle it could be their child.
Registration district: Brighton, Sub-registration district: St Peter,
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1645; Folio: 722
Finding the name of William's wife has been a brickwall that I have come up against for the whole time I've been researching the Roney's.
It suddenly occurred to me that maybe either William Roney or his widow Ann might have been related to the Thomas and Ellen Roche found with widow Ann Roney in the 1851.
I'll try and see if I can find any info on the Roche family through ancestry trees.
Thank you again,
Penny
